- Jan 6 John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
- Feb 1 John Floyer, English physician and writer, dies at 84
- Mar 1 Roger North, English biographer, dies at 82
- Mar 8 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 33
- Mar 12 Antonius Schultingh [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
- Mar 21 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
- Mar 21 Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
- Apr 1 Louis Lully, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, dies at 69
- Apr 4 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
- May 4 James Thornhill, English painter (St. Paul's Cathedral dome), dies at about 58 (birth year disputed)
- May 24 Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- Jun 17 Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, dies at 81
- Jun 17 Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
- Jul 6 Nicolas Bernier, French composer, dies at 69
- Jul 22 Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
- Sep 8 Michel Sarrazin, French surgeon and naturalist (kings doctor in New France, discovered sarsaparilla), dies at 75 [1]
- Nov 14 Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress of British king Charles II, dies at 85
- Dec 14 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter and cartoonist, dies at 44
- Dec 21 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, Bohemian lutenist and Baroque composer, dies at 54
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